J. Scot Witty
Award Winning Author
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Special Collector's Opportunity: Limited Signed Editions Available
The Fairest of them All: Will Robots Miss Us When We Are Gone? is currently out of print, making this a unique opportunity for collectors and readers interested in AI consciousness fiction. I have a limited quantity of signed first edition copies remaining from the original 2021 publication by WordHouse Book Publishing.
These signed copies will be available for purchase and shipping when I return home in December. Given the book's growing relevance to current AI consciousness debates and its position as a precursor to the updated version I'm developing, these first editions represent both literary and collectible value.
Also available: Signed copies of my other published works, including The Hibernia Chronicles fantasy series and The Lurker in the Dark historical mystery.
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The Prisoner of Hibernia
In the frost-touched realm of Ulaid, Queen Kartimandwā once ruled with wisdom and steel. Now she watches helplessly from within a crystal prison as an ancient entity wears her flesh, speaks with her voice, and plots with her power. The creature's goal: resurrect a demon king whose return would plunge Hibernia into an age of darkness not seen since the world was young.
Dar LaCross, ambassador and warrior, journeys north unaware of the danger. Seeking alliance against growing threats to the southern kingdoms, he instead finds a court shrouded in secrets and a queen whose eyes hold something other than humanity. Before he can uncover the truth, Dar is marked by powers older than the ancient stones of Ulaid-powers that begin to transform him in ways he cannot control. With each passing day, the wildness in his blood grows stronger, and the approaching full moon promises a metamorphosis from which there may be no return.
In the southern duchy of Eamhain, Duchess Fayette senses the disturbance in the realm's magic. The dragon blood in her veins-a heritage long hidden-responds with awakening power, bringing visions of flame and shadow. When word reaches her of Dar's strange affliction, she knows these events are no coincidence. The man she loves stands at the center of a gathering storm, and saving him means embracing the nature she has long denied.
Time is running out. With each passing night, Dar slips further from humanity. With each arcane ritual, the false queen draws closer to freeing her master. Fayette must navigate treacherous political waters while mastering her volatile draconic abilities-powers that could save Dar but might also destroy everything she holds dear.
But in the shadows between worlds, ancient eyes have opened. The prize is greater than a single kingdom-and the price of failure is higher than mere death.
Some prisons are built of stone and steel. Others are crafted from flesh and magic. In THE PRISONER OF HIBERNIA, freedom may demand the ultimate sacrifice.
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Arriving on a distant shore, guided only by a mysterious book he found of a dead man, Dar LaCross journeys to join the famed Knights of Hibernia. But he soon finds that things are not how he expects as he clings to a knightly code of honor obsolete in the world he encounters. A young woman, Fayette, on a mission for the Duchess of the Eamhain, finds herself in midst of an invasion.
Fayette convinces Dar to help her cross the wilds of the Marche to reach Eamhain before it is too late. Hunted by the invaders, Dar and Fayette must use their wit and skill to cross the wilderness of an untamed world. As they learn to work together, bandits, witches, invaders, and the creatures of the deep forest stand between them and the castle at Eamhain many miles away.
The Hibernia Chronicles
Still unaware of the impending threat of the invasion of Hibernia, Dar and Fayette travel to Baile on a secret mission for the duchess of Eamhain to get a message to Lord Aviticus. One of his generals intercepts the message and Aviticus never receives it.
Clebis DeGalis, an aging soldier in the Imperial Army, is sent to the duchess on a mission of peace but it falls on deaf ears because the duchess believes that the Caledonian army has started expansion into her kingdom. With treachery on every step, Clebis must join forces with Dar and Fayette to discover the truth behind the raids in the Kingdom of Eamhain and to forge a lasting peace through the land.
Locked in the long frozen winter of Hibernia, Fayette, the dress maiden of the duchess of Eamhain, awaits for the return of her beloved, Dar LaCross. Still unfamiliar with the magical powers that surge through her, she struggles to wield the magic within her. Clebis DeGalis, an aging soldier charged with the protection of the kingdom, sent Dar to the land of the elves on the far side of the island to forge an alliance against the northern barbarians who had invaded the countryside. They seem very alone in their struggle until one of Clebis’s rangers returns to the kingdom with good news.
News that the Caledonian regent is still alive and is in the independent city-state of Providence to the south with his army has come to light. Clebis takes this as a good omen, while the duchess he serves finds a moment of dread within it and secretly makes a deal with the enemy chieftain, who may become her undoing. Clebis sends his trusted officers, Toran and Dar LaCross, to meet with the regent to convince him to move his legions to Eamhain.
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About J. Scot Witty
An adventurous soul having hiked across the United States in his early life, J. Scot Witty became rooted in ideas rather than places. With a fascination for words, storytelling became second nature at a young age. Using his rampant imagination, he has created new worlds in his writing with a strong focus and preoccupation on character building. Currently living in Ithaca NY, when not writing, Witty enjoys time with his wife and children, and playing fantasy role-playing games with the local children at the elementary schools.
